Inundated with 'Spamalot'

Having its world premiere in Chicago worked for "The Producers." Now "Monty Python's Spamalot" will try to work the same magic.

"Spamalot," based on the 1975 comedy "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," will open at the Shubert Theatre in December before moving on to New York.

Variety reports that Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce won the roles of Sir Lancelot and Sir Robin (played by John Cleese and Eric Idle in the film). Idle is busy writing the score and fending off complaints from a lawyer for "Camelot," also set to open next year on Broadway.

"Surely only an idiot would confuse 'Camelot' and 'Spamalot,' " Idle reportedly said.